A group of wireless LAN vendors plan to showcase their new high-performing enterprise access points at the Interop Las Vegas this week. Colubris will bring its Multiservice Access Point (MAP)-625, which has two radios. One radio supports 802.11a, b, and g while the other is compatible with 11n draft 2 standard. The MAP-625 11n radio… Continue Reading
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Meru Unveils Enterprise 802.11n WLAN Gear
Meru Networks has unveiled its new enterprise-class wireless LAN products that comply with the IEEE 802.11n draft standard. These include a two-radio access point, a five-blade controller and new software for handling wireless data traffic, which Meru will bring to the Interop Las Vegas show later this month. These products, according to company, allow for… Continue Reading
Atheros Sinks Teeth Into Bluetooth
Atheros has rolled out the new Atheros AR3011, the company’s first Radio-on-Chip for Mobile (ROCm) product for shorter-range wireless technology, which is normally used in cell phones. But the chip, according to Srinivas Pattamatta, senior product marketing manager for mobile and embedded products at Atheros, is intended primarily for PCs and not mobile handsets. Pattamatta… Continue Reading
IEEE Struggles With Video Wi-Fi Standard
The second draft of the proposed IEEE standard for 100+Mbps wireless LANs will have to wait until January 2007, months later than many had hoped. The task group responsible for the development of the 802.11n standard is sifting through 12,000 comments to draft 1.0, half of which have already been addressed. Bill McFarland, CTO for… Continue Reading
Atheros And Broadcom Combine Over 802.11n
Speed may be the goal, but interoperability is the number one concern among 802.11n vendors and user-hopefuls. The 802.11n standard is hoped to achieve markedly faster transmission speeds with higher quality at longer distances and with less interference. Unfortunately, current 802.11n draft-compliant products have tested at less than desired levels, even coming short of results… Continue Reading
China’s Native Wireless Standard May Be Atheros Gain
The Chinese government is expected to officially recommend on February 1 that local organizations that receive funding by its Ministry of Information should buy wireless equipment based on a domestic wireless network standard. Via [cbronline.com]… Continue Reading
Chip Sets Roll Early For 802.11n
Eyebrows shot up recently when Broadcom Corp. announced sampling of an Intensi-fi chip set for 802.11n. Analysts were again taken aback three days later, when Atheros Communications Inc. announced its XSpan AR5008 family for the same standard. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Atheros Moves On 802.11n
Atheros Communications Inc. today announced the launch of its XSPAN family of wireless LAN technologies for 802.11n, based on a triple-radio RF design. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Leads Wi-Fi Chipmakers In New Forum
Intel, Broadcom, Marvel and Atheros have sidestepped the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ process to work on a draft of the new 802.11n standard, which the vendors plan to submit to the IEEE’s working group for consideration, sources say. Via [zdnet.com.au]… Continue Reading
Intel Hits Number One In Wi-Fi IC Shipments
The volume of laptops sold every year is growing rapidly. The penetration of Wi-Fi into the laptop market is on a similar upward curve. Add the essential ingredient of an 802.11 a/g Mini-PCI solution, mix in a big dose of marketing clout, and the result is that Intel has, in recent months, been steadily taking… Continue Reading
New Players Join Mobile Wireless LAN Chip Market
The market for emerging mobile wireless LAN chips became interesting this week, with two new players, Atheros Communications Inc and Conexant Systems Inc, announcing products on the same day. Then heavyweight Texas Instruments Inc issued a statement the following day simply declaring its position in the market. Via [cbronline.com]… Continue Reading
Three Chip Vendors Bet On Wi-Fi Boom
Metalink, SyChip and Atheros will all announce Wi-Fi-based chips this week, in the belief that video, voice-over-Internet Protocol and embedded consumer applications ranging from handsets to digital cameras will supercharge the growth of Wi-Fi wireless networking. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Security The Latest Segment To See Open-Source Strategy
Chipmaker Atheros is making its JumpStart configuration software available as part of an open-source project. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Atheros, QuickLogic Combine For WLAN Connectivity
QuickLogic and Atheros Communications have jointly developed an 802.11 a/b/g connectivity platform linking the former’s uWatt Programmable Bridges and Atheros’ WLAN chipsets. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Rules Wi-Fi Waves
Well, it seems that the Intel juggernaut is heading onward to the Wi-Fi chip sector. ABI Research of Oyster Bay, N.Y., figures that Intel in the last quarter was the No. 1 seller of chips in the Wi-Fi g and a/g market. This is not good news for former market leaders Broadcom and Atheros. Via… Continue Reading